103. The primary source of water veins

"The old man has no surname, no name, let alone a name, and I hope the adults don't mind. The old man was sincere, and he didn't seem to be trying to make things difficult.

"Then I'll call you sir. Yan Zhenqing said politely.

"Yes, yes," the old man stroked his long hair and said with a smile: "This lord is Tang's courtier?"

"Yes, Yan Zhenqing is too guarded in the Lower Tang Plain County," Yan Zhenqing said and asked respectfully: "I take the liberty of asking, the old gentleman knows about the outside world?"

"I still know some necessary information," the old man seemed to want not to make Yan Zhenqing have any doubts, and continued: "As a guardian, our clan is not only guarding the spirit of the ancestors, in fact, this place called Taoyuan Valley is also to protect the Huaxia bloodline, so every once in a while, we will send envoys to visit the people, and if the wind and soldiers rob the natural disaster, we will attract people to come here to recuperate."

However, it is a shame to say that since the last military disaster Taoyuan Valley was destroyed, our strength has also been greatly weakened, and we are also powerless for many things in the world, and we are worthy of the entrustment of our ancestors. ”

"The spirit of the ancestors, could the owner of this mausoleum be the hero who channeled the flood and saved the people of the world?"

"Hahahaha, Jiuding is out, Shenzhou is fixed, Lord Yan is clever and full of learning, and the old man admires it very much. ”

The old man acquiesced to Yan Zhenqing's guess and showed an approving look.

"The old gentleman has an overreputation, this-Yan Mou came to the army this time, one is to eradicate the rebellion and maintain the unification of China, and the other is to think about the livelihood of the people in the world, save the people from the scourge of war, and hope that the old gentleman——"

"Lord Yan is too worried, in fact, the old man has been waiting for this day for a long time. ”

"Oh?

"Hey, I'm ashamed, the little old man has no eyes and no knowledge of treachery, and he actually led the wolf into the house, so that this Taoyuan Valley was invaded by sluts, and this has been going on for many years. ”

"With the strength of the gentleman's family, you can't resist the enemy, so do you want to use external forces?"

"Well, that's true, but we also have some concerns, after all, our clan has given up the surname and glory to become a nameless clan, guarding here for generations, this is our clan's eternal responsibility, and now the strength of our clan is also constantly weakening, we are afraid that once the external force is introduced, Taoyuan Valley will be exposed to the world again, which will bring greater disasters, so we have been hesitant to make decisions.

Today, with the blessing of the spirit of the king in the sky, I hope to come to the teacher of benevolence, and the old decay will be relieved. ”

"Will the old gentleman trust us?"

"Yes, hehe, please bear with Lord Yan at this point, since Lord Yan entered the realm of Taihang Yan Mountain, it has already entered our sight, there have already been fast horse messengers who have visited the adult's moral conduct and official reputation, Lord Yan's virtue and love for the people, and the good and good are really the pillars of the world, we decided to show up and cooperate with Lord Yan, and we also hope to use the power of Lord Yan and this son to eliminate the evil spirit. ”

The old man in Ge Yi smiled at Guo Yu and Dugu Huan and hugged his fists. It seems that the battle between Guo Yu and Dugu Huan has long been under the surveillance of the guardian clan.

Guo Hua and the two returned the salute humbly, only saying that it was about the blessings of the common people in the world, and they should fight hard to kill the thief, which attracted the praise of the old man.

"Oh?" Yan Zhenqing noticed the sharpness in the old man's words, and couldn't help but smile and ask again: "The hunter who led the way for us, but-"

"Hahahaha, Lord Yan is really intelligent, I believe that thanks to Lord Yan's help, the evil will be eliminated, and I hope Lord Yan doesn't mind about the matter of Orion, he lied a lot, it is indeed to test your virtue and strength, after all, we can't take any more risks." ”

"It's okay, it's okay, the old gentleman's family has a lot of responsibility, and they have sacrificed a lot for the common people for thousands of years, these are all small things, but the current situation of the high priest and his group——"

"Well, this matter is a long story, and it is the shame of the old decay's dereliction of responsibility, but in order to guard the spirit of the ancestors and the common people in the world, the old decay will never hide his secrets, in fact, the matter has reached such a stalemate today, it is really because there are traitors in our clan. ”

As the old man said, he was very frank and confessed that he had told the story of a traitor, which could not help but surprise everyone in front of him.

"We also visited afterwards, and the high priest that Lord Yan said was the mother of the Ashinad clan, the envoy of Fan Yangjiedu, but when she first came here, she lied that the people were wiped out by foreign races and had no way out, and the old man took her in with compassion, but he didn't see that she was hiding in her evil intentions, so that it later caused a big disaster.

This matter should not have been said, because our ancestors made a heavy oath that they would never mention their ancestors incognito, and they couldn't take care of it so much at the moment, and I believe that Lord Yan and the monarchs would be able to keep it a secret for us.

The ancestors of our clan once followed the ancestors of the king to govern the flood and waterlogging, and then the flood went, the water veins of the world were infected by waterlogging, and the people drank the water of rivers and lakes, often causing many diseases, killing and injuring dozens of hundreds of people at every turn. ”

"I see, Mr.'s distant ancestor was the first person to dig a well, a small well, but its blessing is a great cause that benefits the people in the future. ”

"Hahahaha, Lord Yan guessed correctly. ”

The old man once again acquiesced to Yan Zhenqing's guess, and it was no secret to Yan Zhenqing that he had followed the ancient kings to control water and invented the well.

"Could it be that this has something to do with the well?" Yan Zhenqing said in surprise.

"That's true, when the ancestors taught the art of digging wells to the people of Kyushu, and later found that the water veins in the world are endlessly connected, for the well-being of the people, the ancestors spent many years of hard work to discover this valley, and indeed found the original source of the water veins here. ”

"The origin of the water vein?" Yan Zhenqing heard of such a thing for the first time, and he had never seen such a statement after reading the ancient books of bamboo books.

"Yes, after the first king settled on Kyushu, China's territory became unprecedentedly vast, how to manage such a vast territory, became a thorny problem, as the first king's advisers, this matter naturally fell on the shoulders of the ancestors, the ancestors domesticated pigeons as messengers, scattered throughout Kyushu, established a preliminary national intelligence system, to monitor the people's livelihood.

However, this only solved the problem of information transmission, for the epidemic that plagued the ancestors at that time is still unable to be eradicated, the ancestors decided to start with the water source according to the characteristics of the epidemic spread by water, and finally found a water source connected to the water veins of the world after a lot of hardships, where the water veins can be monitored through the turbidity of the water veins, the hydrological epidemic situation in the world can be monitored, and the water of the world can be controlled by putting antidotes at the initial source of the water veins. ”

Speaking of this, the old man Ge Yi stopped and looked at the people in front of him with pride.

"I see, this is indeed a great achievement. ”

"Yes, of course, the original intention of the ancestors was to benefit all the people, but this water source has also become a double-edged sword, and once it is mastered by evil spirits, the consequences are naturally unimaginable. Therefore, the ancestors chose their youngest and most brave son, and he led his people to guard here, no matter the vicissitudes of the world, we have always guarded here.

However, something unfortunate happened in the end.

Hundreds of years ago, hundreds of thousands of alien armies broke into the Taoyuan Valley and slaughtered almost all the hundreds of thousands of people hiding in the valley, and the corpses of the dead were piled up all over the valley, and it was not long before those corpses began to rot and stink, so that resentment grew.

A large amount of putrid corpse fluid seeped into the ground and merged into the primordial source of the water vein, which was about to cause a catastrophe.

At that time, our people hid on the banks of the earth river where the water vein was at the beginning, on the one hand, the water vein was in urgent need of treatment, and on the other hand, we were more worried that the night would be long and dreamy, and the barbarian army would discover our secrets, so that everything would be irretrievable.

After learning from the pain, the clansmen at that time had no choice but to burn the entire Taoyuan Valley with one fire, burning the barbarian army and the rotting corpses to ashes.

At that time, the water veins had been greatly polluted, and our guardian clan also sacrificed too many people during the barbarian invasion, and their strength was not as good as before, in order to concentrate on the management of the water veins, we were unable to take care of the common people in the world, so we had to plant fog lotus and ghost willow at the entrance of Taoyuan Valley to seal the entrance.

In the next few hundred years, our clan has been trying to resolve the resentment in the water veins, but the military disaster is too terrifying, the resentment invaded the leylines too deep, polluting three layers of underground water veins one after another, until a few decades ago, we only managed two layers of water veins, although we can ensure that the people of Li are safe to drink, but the third layer of infected water veins is still a potential threat.

Here, the old man wants to divert the topic first, and mention something about the evil water vein, now that he is besieging Luoyang, can he find anything wrong in Luoyang City?"

"Is it related to the underground water vein dark river?" Guo Yu thought of the old Ling man Wang Shun'er's exploration of the underground dark river, and stepped forward and said.

"Yes, from our observation of hydrology, it was found that someone excavated the stratum in the Luoyang area, exposing the third layer of water veins, and the other party has not made further moves at present, but I still hope that you can pay more attention, once Luoyang is recovered, please fill in the excavated stratum as soon as possible. ”

Guo Wei heard that the old man's statement was indeed similar to what happened in Luoyang, so he told what he knew.

The old man pondered for a long time, and his originally transcendent indifference suddenly decreased by seven points, and he became a little more worried.

"Sir, please rest assured, if it is only to fill in the soil layer, it should not be difficult, we will do our best to do it. Guo Yu couldn't help but feel relieved when he saw that the old man's face suddenly turned gloomy.

"The matter of water is only one thing, the old man is worried about another thing, I have confessed to a few people before, there are traitors among us, if it is An Lushan's people who are digging the underground water veins that are polluted, the old man has to worry about how much the old witch already knows about our secrets. ”

It turned out that after the guardian clan took in Ashnade, that is, An Lushan's mother, she naturally had doubts about the origin of these people, and she guessed that the huge mound of sealed soil should be a mausoleum, and what secrets this clan guards here may be related to the black dragon in her dreams.

In order to uncover this secret, Ashnard began to act in secret, hoping to find a breakthrough.